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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what family does. Think of the message this sends your kids if you don't offer to host. Think of what it means to you if you aren't generous and you need help from that part of your family in the future. We have cousins stay with us probably once a year and I almost always dread it but when they actually arrive, it's a good time. The kids bond, you go out and sightsee in your own city, you model social connections, etc. Unless you have an actual crisis on your hand this is a thing you should probably try to make happen.[/quote] This was true for us in late elementary and middle school. My niece always came to stay and it was great. Now that my DCs are older and we're cramming in long, 'just us' vacations, plus the usual extended family vacations, there's not any time. It's a weird phase of trying to maintain the same vacations with grandparents and make our own memories before college.[/quote]
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